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During this engagement, the City's Data Procesing Department and equipment were also critiqued and recommendations for improvements developed. The data processing plan was accepted by the City Council and implemented with LWFW's assistance. This plan included developing a Request for Proposal for a new computer system and selection of new application software. City of Abilene, Texas Roy McDaniel, Finance Director Data Processing Planning and (915) 676-6000 stems Selection and Implementation LWFW was engaged to evaluate the City's automated systems needs and to select and implement systems to meet these needs. Special emphasis was placed on financial and management systems needs, including financial accounting, utility systems, payroll, performance measurement, and tax, although the long-range plan which was developed included engineering analysis, planning and land use, and public safety related systems. During this study LWFW conducted an extensive survey of financial accounting, performance measurement, and payroll system packages, assisted the City in selecting packages, and supervised the implemen- tation of packages developed by American Management Systems. The study also involved evaluating the organizational and management requirements of the data processing function. LWFW has assisted the City with the successful implementa- tion of the new system. Grayson Governmental Data Center Dan Johnson, Director of Budget City of Sherman (214) 892-4545 Evaluation of Data Center and Development of a Data Processing Plan The Grayson Governmental Data Center is a cooperative effort among the Cities of Sherman and Denison, Denison Independent School District, and Grayson County. The Data Center has been in existance for six years, and recently the four owning entities selected LWFW to conduct an evaluation of the Data Center and its major users' needs, plus develop a data processing plan for the Data Center and each owner. Consultants from LWFW evaluated the Data Center's staff, documentation, application software, and computer hardware. In parallel with the Data Center evaluation, extensive interviewing of management personnel at each owning entity was completed to determine levels of user satisfaction and information needs. The data gathered was reviewed and integrated, resulting in detailed data processing strategies and plans for each owning entity. Work sessions were held with each of the owning entities to discuss strategies and to review the recommendations for their data processing needs. Based upon those work sessions a data processing plan for the Data Center was developed and presented at a workshop with all owning entities. The plan was accepted and is being implemented. Salt Lake County Bob Boulrice Director of Administration (801) 537-7337 Mangement Information System Requirements and Data Processing Review LWFW recently completed a major study of the Data Processing Division of Salt Lake County, Utah. This study included an in-depth review of the management of the division, the hardware and software environment, and user needs. The result of LW~yV Groitj~ _to_ T ~~